Florida · Senate Bill 254 · 2026 Regular Session

Nursing Education Programs

SB 254 Sponsored by Gayle Harrell Died in committee

  1. Introduced Oct 20, 2025
  2. In committee Nov 3, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Nursing Education Programs; Requiring applicants for nurse licensure seeking to take the licensing examination more than 6 months after graduation to first complete a remedial course approved or developed by the Board of Nursing; requiring the Department of Health to issue temporary provisional licenses to graduate professional nurses and graduate practical nurses meeting certain criteria; revising application…

Read the full title (100 words)

Nursing Education Programs; Requiring applicants for nurse licensure seeking to take the licensing examination more than 6 months after graduation to first complete a remedial course approved or developed by the Board of Nursing; requiring the Department of Health to issue temporary provisional licenses to graduate professional nurses and graduate practical nurses meeting certain criteria; revising application requirements for nursing education program approval; requiring the Florida Center for Nursing to develop graduate nursing preceptorship standards by a specified date; authorizing agents or employees of the department to conduct onsite evaluations and inspections of approved and accredited nursing education programs, etc.

Every action

12 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy · Senate Health Policy
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 11/18/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Health Policy
  4. CommitteeFavorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 · Senate Health Policy7–1 vote
  5. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  6. SenateIntroduced
  7. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/25/26, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  8. CommitteeCS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services6–0 vote
  9. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  10. CommitteeCS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  11. CommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy
  12. CommitteeDied in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 2 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Nov 18, 2025 Senate Health Policy Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 1 7–1
Feb 25, 2026 Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 6–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Gayle HarrellR Primary sponsor · District 31
  • AC Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.